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Approaches to coda /s/ in Ecuadorian Spanish
No full textEcuadorian Spanish displays significant regional variation affecting the realization of coda /s/. Within the highlands of Ecuador, the pronunciation of coda /s/ as [z] occupies different phonological environments depending on the subregion: While in the far north and south [z] is only found preceding voiced consonants, central and central-southern varieties display [z] in more environments, namely word-final prevocalic and prefix-final environments, which makes them unique in the Spanish-speaking world. In this investigation, I review the main studies that have focused on the description and analysis of coda /s/ voicing in Ecuadorian Spanish (Lipski, 1989 and Bradley & Delforge, 2006) and combine their insights with those of other studies (Muñiz Cachón & Cuevas Alonso, 2012, Navarro Tomás, 1968) which have explored the sonority of preconsonantal /s/. Stemming from this exploration, I present a conciliatory solution to the problem of /s/-voicing. I modify Lipski’s formal analysis to include a voice-neutral [S] that appears in pre-consonantal position, which resonates with the findings by Muñiz Cachón and Cuevas Alonso (2012) and the observations by Navarro Tomás (1968), both of which show that pre-consonantal /s/ in Spanish has gradient voicing
Processo fonológicos do português revisitados: CODA /S/
No full textA fonologia multilinear propicia, sob o enfoque da geometria dos traços, uma interpretação singular da variação linguística. O componente fonológico, recortado plurilinearmente, faculta que propriedades fonêmicas ou segmentos se co-articulem com elementos do mesmo ou de outros níveis. Todo processo fonológico implica configurações geométricas variadas e obedece a princípios universais e a parâmetros peculiares a cada língua. O nível abstrato lexical preserva virtualmente todas as variedades. No caso do português, pode-se confirmar, pela análise dos dialetos de pescadores e rendeiras de Florianópolis, a descrição multilinear de processos fonológicos atestados na posição de coda /S/, como assimilação, dissimilação, epêntese, apagamento, metátese, entre outros.
Variable aspiration of Spanish coda /s/: Laboratory evidence and stochastic modeling
No full textEmploying stochastic modeling informed by real-world acoustic data yields nuanced information about a complex and variable phenomenon and provides insight into the deeper sociolinguistic and grammatical factors that inform Spanish coda /s/ aspiration
Complete endoscopic closure (clipping) of a large esophageal perforation after pneumatic dilation in a patient with achalasia
Full text link05/03/14meb. Publisher PDF, OK to add.The risk of esophageal perforation following endoscopic balloon dilation for achalasia is in the range of 1 and 5% with a mortality rate of 1-20%. Perforations need to be recognized early and, if reasonable, an immediate endoscopic repair should be pursued quickly. Herein, we report a case of successful endoscopic closure by clipping of a large iatrogenic perforation in a patient with achalasia.
An 80-year-old woman with achalasia was admitted to our institution to undergo pneumatic dilation. A 40-mm balloon dilator with inflation pressure of 20 PSI was used for 2 minutes as usual. During the procedure, the patient had a transient bradycardia. Endoscopic control showed a 2-cm rupture of the distal esophagus. Prompt endoscopic repair of the perforation by endoclips (n=6) was then attempted, followed by conservative management by total parenteral nutrition and intravenous antibiotics.
Endoscopic clipping closed completely the esophageal perforation. The patient was given oral nutrition 10 days later without any complications. Six months after the discharge, the patient was healthy and free of dysphagia. Endoscopy showed complete healing of the esophageal mucosa without luminal stenosis.
This report highlights that prompt endoscopic clipping is a useful means to close a large esophageal perforation caused by pneumatic dilation
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Sibilant and velarized coda /s/ matched guise survey in Spain
No full textThis dataset contains the responses (386) collected from a matched guise survey distributed in Spain. The speakers used in the study were from Madrid and their recordings presented to the participants differed in the pronunciation of coda /s/ before /k/, each recording presenting either the sibilant or velarized variant. Participants were asked to hypothesize the speaker's place of origin, evaluate several personal characteristics and postulate the education level, class and profession of the speaker. Participants were also asked about their preference for the speaker as a friend, colleague and employee as well as their evaluation of how the speaker completed the task (telling a story) and whether they thought they would get along with the speaker. Personal data collected from the participants include their origin, age, gender and whether they had ever lived in another region of Spain. This dataset forms part of a dissertation investigating coda /s/ in Madrid, and the findings from this dataset are published in Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics and Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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